{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-51.056","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Estates Code § 51.056","heading":"SERVICE ON PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OR RECEIVER.","body":"Unless this title expressly provides for another method of service, the county clerk who issues a citation or notice required to be served on a personal representative or receiver shall serve the citation or notice by sending the original citation or notice by a qualified delivery method to:\n(1) the representative's or receiver's attorney of record; or\n(2) the representative or receiver, if the representative or receiver does not have an attorney of record.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 205 (S.B. 1373), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["ESTATES CODE","TITLE 2. ESTATES OF DECEDENTS; DURABLE POWERS OF ATTORNEY","SUBTITLE B. PROCEDURAL MATTERS","CHAPTER 51. NOTICES AND PROCESS IN PROBATE PROCEEDINGS IN GENERAL","SUBCHAPTER B. METHODS OF SERVING CITATION OR NOTICE; PERSONS TO BE SERVED"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.51.htm#51.056","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:08Z","sha256":"9c83894f23f1b8d57c612f207aefa692680be76ebfbce9367b17e304c173751b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-51.055","next":"us-tx/tex.-estates-code-51.057"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}